Qld leaders open to challenge: poll

Queensland's state political leaders are both open to leadership challenges, according to a new poll.

Premier Peter Beattie's satisfaction rating is at 46 per cent - a far cry from the 73 per cent support he had six years ago, a Newspoll published on Monday in The Australian shows.

Meanwhile, the state's new opposition leader, Jeff Seeney, has driven the Nationals' primary vote down to 11 per cent.

Mr Seeney's satisfaction rating of 26 per cent is the worst result in 14 years for an opposition leader - apart from a poll at the 2001 election when former premier Rob Borbidge was rolled by the Nationals on the issue of One Nation preferences.

But 19 per cent of those interviewed in the latest Newspoll would still prefer to have Mr Seeney as premier - a surprisingly strong result - with Mr Beattie's 59 per cent up only one point since the election.

The Liberal Party maintained a primary vote of 20 per cent, but leader Bruce Flegg's satisfaction rating was not tested.

With Labor holding a commanding lead of 61 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, and Mr Beattie showing no signs of regaining his lost popularity, the timing could be right for Deputy Premier Anna Bligh to take over.